diff --git a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-07-07-wabot-modernization.md b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-07-07-wabot-modernization.md
index 8a5a3cc..6c37d8c 100644
--- a/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-07-07-wabot-modernization.md
+++ b/docs/superpowers/plans/2026-07-07-wabot-modernization.md
@@ -2455,6 +2455,7 @@ Naming note: the spec says "`reset_good_status()` retained"; under the approved
 `tests/unit/test_browser.py`:
 
 ```python
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
@@ -2516,7 +2517,23 @@ class TestDelegation:
 
     def test_getattr_without_page_raises(self, bot):
         with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
-            bot.do_login
+            _ = bot.do_login
+
+    def test_direct_delegation_does_not_flip_good(self, bot):
+        # only perform() traps+flips; direct bot.x() is the raw path
+        bot.set_page(Login)
+        with pytest.raises(WebDriverException):
+            bot.explode()
+        assert bot.good is True
+
+    def test_getitem_without_page_raises_friendly(self, bot):
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="no current page"):
+            bot["username"]
+
+    def test_repr_shows_page_and_good(self, bot):
+        assert "page=None" in repr(bot) and "good=True" in repr(bot)
+        bot.set_page(Login)
+        assert "page=Login" in repr(bot)
 
 
 class TestPerform:
@@ -2541,10 +2558,18 @@ class TestPerform:
         bot.reset()
         assert bot.perform("do_login") == "logged-in"
 
+    def test_broken_state_attribute_read_returns_noop_callable(self, bot):
+        # documents the footgun: while broken, an attribute read yields the
+        # no-op refusal callable, not the underlying value
+        bot.set_page(Login)
+        bot.perform("explode")  # flips good=False
+        assert callable(bot.anything)
+
 
 class TestQuit:
     def test_quit_quits_driver_and_removes_session(self):
         driver, store = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        store.get.return_value = SimpleNamespace(service_pid=None)  # external: nothing to stop
         bot = Browser(driver, session_name="s1", store=store)
         bot.quit()
         driver.quit.assert_called_once_with()
@@ -2554,6 +2579,30 @@ class TestQuit:
         driver = MagicMock()
         Browser(driver).quit()
         driver.quit.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    def test_quit_stops_managed_service(self, monkeypatch):
+        import wabot.browser as browser_mod
+
+        stopped = []
+        monkeypatch.setattr(browser_mod, "stop_service", lambda pid: stopped.append(pid))
+        driver, store = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        store.get.return_value = SimpleNamespace(service_pid=4321)  # managed session
+        bot = Browser(driver, session_name="s1", store=store)
+        bot.quit()
+        assert stopped == [4321]
+        store.remove.assert_called_once_with("s1")
+
+    def test_quit_removes_record_even_if_driver_quit_raises(self, monkeypatch):
+        import wabot.browser as browser_mod
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(browser_mod, "stop_service", lambda pid: None)
+        driver, store = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        driver.quit.side_effect = WebDriverException("boom")
+        store.get.return_value = SimpleNamespace(service_pid=None)
+        bot = Browser(driver, session_name="s1", store=store)
+        with pytest.raises(WebDriverException):
+            bot.quit()
+        store.remove.assert_called_once_with("s1")  # finally block still ran
 ```
 
 - [ ] **Step 2: Run tests to verify they fail**
@@ -2573,6 +2622,18 @@ access is delegated to the current page (``bot.login()`` invokes
 ``bot.page.login()``); ``bot[key]`` resolves elements on it. Any
 ``perform()`` failure flips ``good = False``, after which page actions
 are refused until ``reset()`` — "log and refuse, don't crash".
+
+    Two ways to drive the current page:
+
+    * Direct delegation — ``bot.login()`` calls ``bot.page.login()``. This is
+      the raw path: it raises on error and does NOT touch ``good``.
+    * ``bot.perform("login")`` — traps driver failures, flips ``good`` to
+      False on error, and refuses further page actions until ``reset()``.
+
+    Route anything that can fail through ``perform()`` for the guard. While
+    ``good`` is False, refused delegation returns a no-op callable, so
+    ``bot.x()`` yields None; reading a page *attribute* in that state is not
+    meaningful.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -2581,6 +2642,7 @@ import logging
 
 from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 
+from .hosts import stop_service
 from .pacing import HumanPacing
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger("wabot")
@@ -2604,8 +2666,15 @@ class Browser:
         self.good = True
         self.page = None
 
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        page = type(self.page).__name__ if self.page is not None else None
+        return f"<Browser page={page} good={self.good}>"
+
     def set_page(self, page_cls) -> bool:
-        """Instantiate ``page_cls`` and make it current if its verify() passes."""
+        """Instantiate ``page_cls`` and make it current if its verify() passes.
+
+        A consumer ``verify()`` that raises propagates (it is not trapped).
+        """
         page = page_cls(self)
         if not page.verify():
             LOGGER.error("failed to verify page: %s", page_cls.__name__)
@@ -2626,10 +2695,14 @@ class Browser:
         return getattr(self.page, name)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
+        if self.page is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"cannot resolve element {key!r}: no current page — call set_page() first"
+            )
         return self.page[key]
 
     def perform(self, method: str, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Invoke a page method, trapping failures instead of raising."""
+        """Invoke a page method, trapping driver failures instead of raising."""
         if not self.good:
             LOGGER.warning("broken state — refusing %r (call reset())", method)
             return None
@@ -2650,10 +2723,22 @@ class Browser:
         self.good = True
 
     def quit(self) -> None:
-        """Quit the browser; forget the saved session if there is one."""
+        """Quit the browser and forget the saved session.
+
+        For a wabot-managed driver service, its detached process is also
+        stopped — a plain ``driver.quit()`` leaves that service running.
+        External servers (records without a ``service_pid``) are left alone.
+        Use this for full teardown; to keep a session alive for another
+        process, let this process exit WITHOUT calling ``quit()``.
+        """
+        record = None
+        if self._store is not None and self.session_name:
+            record = self._store.get(self.session_name)
         try:
             self.driver.quit()
         finally:
+            if record is not None and record.service_pid:
+                stop_service(record.service_pid)
             if self._store is not None and self.session_name:
                 self._store.remove(self.session_name)
 ```
@@ -2661,7 +2746,7 @@ class Browser:
 - [ ] **Step 4: Run tests to verify they pass**
 
 Run: `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_browser.py -v`
-Expected: 13 passed
+Expected: 19 passed
 
 - [ ] **Step 5: Commit**
 
@@ -2993,7 +3078,7 @@ Run: `uv run pytest tests/unit/test_api.py -v`
 Expected: 11 passed
 
 Run: `uv run pytest`
-Expected: full unit suite passes (128 tests: pacing 7, sessions 14, hosts 19, reattach 6, fields 17, page 36, screenshot 5, browser 13, api 11)
+Expected: full unit suite passes (134 tests: pacing 7, sessions 14, hosts 19, reattach 6, fields 17, page 36, screenshot 5, browser 19, api 11)
 
 - [ ] **Step 5: Commit**
 
diff --git a/src/wabot/browser.py b/src/wabot/browser.py
index 17f47aa..8a62c0a 100644
--- a/src/wabot/browser.py
+++ b/src/wabot/browser.py
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ access is delegated to the current page (``bot.login()`` invokes
 ``bot.page.login()``); ``bot[key]`` resolves elements on it. Any
 ``perform()`` failure flips ``good = False``, after which page actions
 are refused until ``reset()`` — "log and refuse, don't crash".
+
+    Two ways to drive the current page:
+
+    * Direct delegation — ``bot.login()`` calls ``bot.page.login()``. This is
+      the raw path: it raises on error and does NOT touch ``good``.
+    * ``bot.perform("login")`` — traps driver failures, flips ``good`` to
+      False on error, and refuses further page actions until ``reset()``.
+
+    Route anything that can fail through ``perform()`` for the guard. While
+    ``good`` is False, refused delegation returns a no-op callable, so
+    ``bot.x()`` yields None; reading a page *attribute* in that state is not
+    meaningful.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -13,6 +25,7 @@ import logging
 
 from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 
+from .hosts import stop_service
 from .pacing import HumanPacing
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger("wabot")
@@ -36,8 +49,15 @@ class Browser:
         self.good = True
         self.page = None
 
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        page = type(self.page).__name__ if self.page is not None else None
+        return f"<Browser page={page} good={self.good}>"
+
     def set_page(self, page_cls) -> bool:
-        """Instantiate ``page_cls`` and make it current if its verify() passes."""
+        """Instantiate ``page_cls`` and make it current if its verify() passes.
+
+        A consumer ``verify()`` that raises propagates (it is not trapped).
+        """
         page = page_cls(self)
         if not page.verify():
             LOGGER.error("failed to verify page: %s", page_cls.__name__)
@@ -58,10 +78,14 @@ class Browser:
         return getattr(self.page, name)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
+        if self.page is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                f"cannot resolve element {key!r}: no current page — call set_page() first"
+            )
         return self.page[key]
 
     def perform(self, method: str, *args, **kwargs):
-        """Invoke a page method, trapping failures instead of raising."""
+        """Invoke a page method, trapping driver failures instead of raising."""
         if not self.good:
             LOGGER.warning("broken state — refusing %r (call reset())", method)
             return None
@@ -82,9 +106,21 @@ class Browser:
         self.good = True
 
     def quit(self) -> None:
-        """Quit the browser; forget the saved session if there is one."""
+        """Quit the browser and forget the saved session.
+
+        For a wabot-managed driver service, its detached process is also
+        stopped — a plain ``driver.quit()`` leaves that service running.
+        External servers (records without a ``service_pid``) are left alone.
+        Use this for full teardown; to keep a session alive for another
+        process, let this process exit WITHOUT calling ``quit()``.
+        """
+        record = None
+        if self._store is not None and self.session_name:
+            record = self._store.get(self.session_name)
         try:
             self.driver.quit()
         finally:
+            if record is not None and record.service_pid:
+                stop_service(record.service_pid)
             if self._store is not None and self.session_name:
                 self._store.remove(self.session_name)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_browser.py b/tests/unit/test_browser.py
index 31cc48d..7b71428 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_browser.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_browser.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 import pytest
@@ -61,6 +62,22 @@ class TestDelegation:
         with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
             _ = bot.do_login
 
+    def test_direct_delegation_does_not_flip_good(self, bot):
+        # only perform() traps+flips; direct bot.x() is the raw path
+        bot.set_page(Login)
+        with pytest.raises(WebDriverException):
+            bot.explode()
+        assert bot.good is True
+
+    def test_getitem_without_page_raises_friendly(self, bot):
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="no current page"):
+            bot["username"]
+
+    def test_repr_shows_page_and_good(self, bot):
+        assert "page=None" in repr(bot) and "good=True" in repr(bot)
+        bot.set_page(Login)
+        assert "page=Login" in repr(bot)
+
 
 class TestPerform:
     def test_returns_method_result(self, bot):
@@ -84,10 +101,18 @@ class TestPerform:
         bot.reset()
         assert bot.perform("do_login") == "logged-in"
 
+    def test_broken_state_attribute_read_returns_noop_callable(self, bot):
+        # documents the footgun: while broken, an attribute read yields the
+        # no-op refusal callable, not the underlying value
+        bot.set_page(Login)
+        bot.perform("explode")  # flips good=False
+        assert callable(bot.anything)
+
 
 class TestQuit:
     def test_quit_quits_driver_and_removes_session(self):
         driver, store = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        store.get.return_value = SimpleNamespace(service_pid=None)  # external: nothing to stop
         bot = Browser(driver, session_name="s1", store=store)
         bot.quit()
         driver.quit.assert_called_once_with()
@@ -97,3 +122,27 @@ class TestQuit:
         driver = MagicMock()
         Browser(driver).quit()
         driver.quit.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    def test_quit_stops_managed_service(self, monkeypatch):
+        import wabot.browser as browser_mod
+
+        stopped = []
+        monkeypatch.setattr(browser_mod, "stop_service", lambda pid: stopped.append(pid))
+        driver, store = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        store.get.return_value = SimpleNamespace(service_pid=4321)  # managed session
+        bot = Browser(driver, session_name="s1", store=store)
+        bot.quit()
+        assert stopped == [4321]
+        store.remove.assert_called_once_with("s1")
+
+    def test_quit_removes_record_even_if_driver_quit_raises(self, monkeypatch):
+        import wabot.browser as browser_mod
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(browser_mod, "stop_service", lambda pid: None)
+        driver, store = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        driver.quit.side_effect = WebDriverException("boom")
+        store.get.return_value = SimpleNamespace(service_pid=None)
+        bot = Browser(driver, session_name="s1", store=store)
+        with pytest.raises(WebDriverException):
+            bot.quit()
+        store.remove.assert_called_once_with("s1")  # finally block still ran